Supported data sources in IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search Version 3.0

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Abstract

This page provides detailed information about the data sources that are supported by IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search Version 3.0 and each subsequent fix pack.

This page describes the minimum product levels to install before opening a problem report with the IBM Software Support team. Because other products frequently ship fixes, updates, and new releases, not every possible configuration can be tested. In general, you can install and run with updates, such as fix packs, supported product releases (not necessarily significant new product versions), if those updates are forward compatible.

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Supported data sources for IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search Version 3.0

System Requirements
Hardware and software requirements

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Table Reference

The following information is provided for each supported data source:

The supported data source versions
The supported operating systems where the data sources can be crawled
The type of crawler that you must configure to include the data source in a collection
Whether access to documents can be controlled by validating the user's credentials against access control data that is stored in the index (pre-filtering), and whether a user's credentials can be validated against current access control data in the data source before search results are returned (post-filtering)
Whether the data source supports single sign-on authentication (SSO)
Whether additional software is required to crawl the data source, and whether that software is included in the product distribution package

Using Linux on System z

If you install the product on Linux on System z, only the following crawlers are supported:

Agent for Windows file systems
Content Integrator (EMC/Documentum 6.5 or later sources only)
JDBC database. You can use the JDBC database crawler to collect data from DB2 and DB2 for zOS databases only.
SharePoint
UNIX file system
Web

Content Management sources

	Supported versions	Windows	Crawler type	ACL validation	SSO	Additional requirements
	Supported versions	Hardware platform:	Crawler type	ACL validation	SSO	Additional requirements
Δ	IBM Content Manager 8.4, 8.4.1, 8.4.2, 8.4.3, 8.5		Content Manager			Version 8.5 requires IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search Version 3.0 Fix Pack 4.
Δ	IBM Content Manager for z/OS 8.4, 8.4.1, 8.4.2, 8.4.3, 8.5		Content Manager			Version 8.5 requires IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search Version 3.0 Fix Pack 4.
	EMC/Documentum 6.0, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7		Content Integrator			IBM Content Integrator 8.6 (included).
	FileNet P8 CM 4.5.1, 5.0, 5.1		FileNet			FileNet Content Engine Client 4.5.1, 5.0, or 5.1. For information about configuring support for SSO authentication, see article 7023986.
	FileNet P8 CM 5.2		FileNet			FileNet Content Platform Engine Client 5.2. Requires IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search Version 3.0 Fix Pack 3. For information about configuring support for SSO authentication, see article 7023986.
	Hummingbird DM 5.1.0.5 with SR6, 6.0.4 with SR6		Content Integrator			IBM Content Integrator 8.6 (included).
	Microsoft SharePoint Server Foundation 2010		SharePoint			For information about configuring support for SSO authentication, see article 7023986.
	Microsoft Windows SharePoint Server 2007 with Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0		SharePoint			To support ACL crawling and secure search, Service Pack 1 must be installed on the SharePoint server. If you install IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search Version 3.0 Fix Pack 1, the crawler will use the document-level ACL for pre-filtering results. For details about this change, see the release notes. For information about configuring support for SSO authentication, see article 7023986.
	Microsoft Windows SharePoint Server 2010		SharePoint			If you install IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search Version 3.0 Fix Pack 1, the crawler will use the document-level ACL for pre-filtering results. For details about this change, see the release notes. For information about configuring support for SSO authentication, see article 7023986.
	Open Text Livelink Enterprise Server 9.7, 9.7.1, 10.0.0		Content Integrator	Pre-filtering only		IBM Content Integrator 8.6 (included).

Database systems

Support for IBM DB2:

To use the JDBC crawler to crawl IBM DB2 databases, use the DB2 Universal JDBC Driver (Type 4) as the access mechanism.
To use the DB2 crawler to crawl IBM DB2 V9.5 databases, use DB2 Enterprise Server Edition 9.5 Fix Pack 1 as the access mechanism. Note that the DECFLOAT data type is not supported.
To use the DB2 crawler to crawl IBM DB2 V9.7 databases, use DB2 Enterprise Server Edition 9.7 as the access mechanism.
If you use IBM DB2 V9.5 or V9.7 and more than one copy of DB2COPY is installed on the same machine, review important crawler configuration information in The DB2 crawler cannot discover databases if multiple copies of DB2COPY are installed.

Supported JDBC Drivers:

DB2 Driver for JDBC and SQLJ (Type 2)
DB2 Driver for JDBC and SQLJ (Type 4)
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 JDBC driver 1.2
Microsoft SQL Server JDBC driver 3.0
Oracle 10g or 11g JDBC Driver Thin (Type 4)

	Supported versions	Windows	Crawler type	ACL validation	SSO	Additional requirements
	Supported versions	Operating system:	Crawler type	ACL validation	SSO	Additional requirements
	CA-Datacom 10, 11		DB2			InfoSphere Classic Federation for z/OS 10.1
	- DB2 9.5 for Linux, Unix, and Windows Fix Pack 1 - DB2 Enterprise Server Edition 9.5 - DB2 Express Edition 9.5 - DB2 Workgroup Server Edition 9.5		DB2 or JDBC			Enterprise Server Edition does not support x86 (32-bit) systems. To support event publishing, DB2 for Linux, Unix, and Windows includes IBM WebSphere MQ with Event Publisher.
	- DB2 9.7 for Linux, Unix, and Windows - DB2 Enterprise Server Edition 9.7 - DB2 Express Edition 9.7 - DB2 Workgroup Server Edition 9.7		DB2 or JDBC			To support event publishing, DB2 for Linux, Unix, and Windows includes IBM WebSphere MQ with Event Publisher.
	- DB2 10.1 for Linux, Unix, and Windows - DB2 Enterprise Server Edition 10.1 - DB2 Express Edition 10.1 - DB2 Workgroup Server Edition 10.1		DB2 or JDBC			Requires IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search Version 3.0 Fix Pack 1. To support event publishing, DB2 for Linux, Unix, and Windows includes IBM WebSphere MQ with Event Publisher.
Δ	- DB2 10.5 for Linux, Unix, and Windows - DB2 Enterprise Server Edition 10.5 - DB2 Express Edition 10.5 - DB2 Workgroup Server Edition 10.5		DB2 or JDBC			Requires IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search Version 3.0 Fix Pack 4. To support event publishing, DB2 for Linux, Unix, and Windows includes IBM WebSphere MQ with Event Publisher.
	DB2 for iSeries: - i 5/OS 5.4 - IBM i 6.1 - IBM i 7.1		DB2
	DB2 for z/OS 8.1, 9.1, 10.1.0		DB2 or JDBC			To use the DB2 crawler, DB2 Enterprise Server Edition 9.7 and InfoSphere Federation Server 9.7 are required. To use the JDBC crawler, the DB2 Driver for JDBC and SQLJ (Type 4) and an appropriate license file (such as `db2jcc_license_cisuz.jar`) are required.
	IBM IMS 10.0, 11.0.1		DB2			InfoSphere Classic Federation for z/OS 10.1
	Informix Dynamic Server Enterprise Edition 11.10, 11.50, 11.70		DB2			InfoSphere Federation Server 9.7 or later and Informix Client SDK Version 2.81 or later
	Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise 2005		DB2 or JDBC			To use the JDBC crawler: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver. To use the DB2 crawler: DB2 Enterprise Server Edition 9.7 and InfoSphere Federation Server 9.7.
	Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise 2008 and 2008 R2		DB2 or JDBC			To use the JDBC crawler: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 JDBC Driver. To use the DB2 crawler: DB2 Enterprise Server Edition 9.7 and InfoSphere Federation Server 9.7.
	MySQL 5.5		JDBC			MySQL Connector/J (Type 4 JDBC Driver).
	Oracle 11g		DB2 or JDBC			To use the JDBC crawler: Oracle JDBC Thin (Type 4) Driver To use the DB2 crawler: DB2 Enterprise Server Edition 9.7 and InfoSphere Federation Server 9.7. Support for Oracle databases does not include support for the Oracle Exadata platform.
	Software AG Adabas 8.1.3, 8.1.4, 8.2.2		DB2			InfoSphere Classic Federation Server for z/OS V10.1
	Sybase ASE 11.9.2, 12.0		DB2			InfoSphere Federation Server 9.5 and Sybase Open Client 11.9.2 or 12.0.
	Sybase ASE 12.5, 15.0, 15.5		DB2			InfoSphere Federation Server 9.5 or 9.7 (9.7 is recommended) and Sybase Open Client 12.5, 15.0, or 15.5.
	VSAM for z/OS V3.1, V3.2, V4.1		DB2			InfoSphere Classic Federation Server for z/OS V10.1.

IBM Case Manager sources

	Supported versions	Windows	Crawler type	ACL validation	SSO	Additional requirements
	Supported versions	Operating system:	Crawler type	ACL validation	SSO	Additional requirements
	IBM Case Manager 5.1		Case Manager			FileNet Content Engine Client 5.1
Δ	IBM Case Manager 5.2		Case Manager			FileNet Content Engine Client 5.2

Email, file system, and Web data sources

Supported versions	Windows	Crawler type	ACL validation	SSO	Additional requirements
Supported versions	Operating system:	Crawler type	ACL validation	SSO	Additional requirements
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1		Exchange Server			For mailbox crawling, only the User Mailbox type is supported. Crawling non-email items under the mailbox is not supported.
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010		Exchange Server			For mailbox crawling, only the User Mailbox type is supported. Crawling non-email items under the mailbox is not supported.
Network News Protocol Newsgroup (NNTP)		NNTP
UNIX file systems		UNIX file system
Windows 2008 Server		Windows file system or Agent for Windows file systems			Install the Agent for Windows File Systems on a Windows server to crawl remote Windows file systems from AIX, Linux, or Windows operating systems.
Web servers (HTTP or HTTPS)		Web

WebSphere Portal data sources

WebSphere Portal must be installed on AIX, Linux, or Windows; Linux on System z is not supported. For details about supported operating systems, see the hardware and software system requirements.

Supported versions	Windows	Crawler type	ACL validation	SSO	Additional requirements
Supported versions	Operating system:	Crawler type	ACL validation	SSO	Additional requirements
IBM WebSphere Portal 6.1, 6.1.5		Seed list
IBM WebSphere Portal 7.0		Seed list
IBM WebSphere Portal 8.0		Seed list			Requires IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search Version 3.0 Fix Pack 1.
IBM Web Content Manager 6.1.5		Seed List
IBM Web Content Manager 7.0		Seed List
IBM Web Content Manager 8.0		Seed List
Lotus Quickr Services for WebSphere Portal 8.5		Seed List

IBM Connections data sources

Supported versions	Win	Crawler type	ACL validation	SSO	Additional requirements
Supported versions	Operating system:	Crawler type	ACL validation	SSO	Additional requirements
IBM Connections 2.5.0.2 or later fix pack		Seed List	Pre-filtering only		Deployment on WebSphere Portal is not required to support secure search.
IBM Connections 3.0		Seed List	Pre-filtering only		Deployment on WebSphere Portal is not required to support secure search.
IBM Connections 4.0		Seed List	Pre-filtering only		Requires IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search Version 3.0 Fix Pack 2. Support for Community Events and Status Update components requires IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search Version 3.0 Fix Pack 3. Deployment on WebSphere Portal is not required to support secure search. To learn about specific IBM Connections components that are or are not supported by the Seed List crawler, see this technote.
IBM Connections 4.5		Seed List	Pre-filtering only		Requires IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search Version 3.0 Fix Pack 2. Support for IBM Connections Content Manager requires IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search Version 3.0 Fix Pack 3 (Linked library is not supported). Deployment on WebSphere Portal is not required to support secure search. To download required iFixes for IBM Connections 4.5, see this technote. To learn about specific IBM Connections components that are or are not supported by the Seed List crawler, see this technote.

Lotus Domino data sources

	Supported versions	Windows	Crawler type	ACL validation	SSO	Additional requirements
	Supported versions	Operating system:	Crawler type	ACL validation	SSO	Additional requirements
	Lotus Notes R8 (8.0.0 or later, LUW)		Notes		DIIOP only	See the notes about Lotus Notes
	Lotus Notes R8.5 (LUW)		Notes		DIIOP only	See the notes about Lotus Notes
Δ	Lotus Notes R9.0 (LUW)		Notes		DIIOP only	Requires IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search Version 3.0 Fix Pack 4. See the notes about Lotus Notes
	Lotus Quickr Services for Domino 8.2 and 8.5		Quickr for Domino		DIIOP only	See the notes about Lotus Quickr

Detailed information about Lotus Domino data sources

In the following tables, "or later" indicates support for all minor versions that follow the release of a major version (such as R6), beginning with the stated minor version number.

IBM Lotus Notes

Required software on the crawler server	AIX or Linux^{1, 2}	Windows²
Client Software (NRPC, without native security)	Domino R8 (8.0.0 or later) Domino R8.5 Domino R9.0	Notes R8 (8.0.0 or later) Notes R8.5 Domino R8 (8.0.0 or later) Domino R8.5
Client Software (NRPC, with native security)	Domino R8 (8.0.0 or later) Domino R8.5 Domino R9.0	Domino R8 (8.0.0 or later) Domino R8.5
Client Software (DIIOP)	None	None

Supported servers	AIX, Linux, or Windows
Server (NRPC, without native security)	Domino R8 (8.0.0 or later) Domino R8.5 Domino R9.0
Server (NRPC, with native security)	Domino R8 (8.0.0 or later) Domino R8.5 Domino R9.0
Server (DIIOP, without native security)	Domino R8 (8.0.0 or later) Domino R8.5 Domino R9.0
Server (DIIOP, with native security)	Domino R8 (8.0.0 or later) Domino R8.5 Domino R9.0

¹The Lotus Notes client is not available on these platforms. You need to install Lotus Domino but you do not need to start the Domino server on the enterprise search crawler server.

²On Linux or Windows, the 32-bit level of the Lotus Notes client or Domino server must be installed on the crawler server regardless of the bit-level of your operating system.

IBM Lotus Quickr for Domino

Required software on the crawler server	AIX or Linux^{1, 2}	Windows²
Client Software (NRPC, without native security)	Domino R8 (8.0.0 or later)	Notes R8 (8.0.0 or later) Domino R8 (8.0.0 or later)
Client Software (NRPC, with native security)	Domino R8 (8.0.0 or later)	Domino R8 (8.0.0 or later)
Client Software (DIIOP, without native security)	None	None
Client Software (DIIOP, with native security)	None	None

Supported servers	AIX or Windows
Server (NRPC, without native security)	Lotus Quickr Services for Domino 8.2 or 8.5
Server (NRPC, with native security)	Lotus Quickr Services for Domino 8.2 or 8.5
Server (DIIOP, without native security)	Lotus Quickr Services for Domino 8.2 or 8.5
Server (DIIOP, with native security)	Lotus Quickr Services for Domino 8.2 or 8.5

¹The Lotus Notes client is not available on these platforms. You need to install Lotus Domino but you do not need to start the Domino server on the enterprise search crawler server.

²On Linux or Windows, the 32-bit level of the Lotus Notes client or Domino server must be installed on the crawler server regardless of the bit-level of your operating system.

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